Wednesday, January 21, 2009

A Steven Gerrard's long range effort was not good enough to give Liverpool the 3 points which we needed so much. Tim Cahill, who loves scoring against Liverpool, did the trick again, by equalising 3 minutes from time.

Conceding late goals is always disappointing and this time round, the Anfield crowd was stunned by the late equaliser as many including myself would have thought, the solitary goal by Captain Stevie would be enough to get the 3 points. Unfortunately, we are now on level points with Manchester United but they have a game in hand.

Lots of hard work and improvement to be done for Rafa as the team is getting too many draws especially at home. 8 draws this season while 5 of them are at Anfield. This is something which we need to overcome and it is very important for us to get maximum points in every game.

Yes, nobody wins the title in January however, you can lose it. Such draws will cost us many points and eventually, the rest of the team will be closing down on us. Did Rafa talk too much? Did his rage at fellow Alex Ferguson come at the wrong timing?

I do hope that we should let our feet do the talking and make sure we are within pace with the leaders. It's time to buck up Reds, before it's too late.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Frustrated once again, and it's gotta be tough days ahead. With so many teams closing down and cutting the lead, I guess it's just matter of time we will lose our leadership. Failure to score is equal to failure to win.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

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Just looking the scoreline, you could see why the Anfield faithfuls are celebrating being on top of the league at the end of year 2008. Of course, we would like to celebrate back in Anfied at May. Nevertheless, this has not been happening over the years. Leading the table by the end of Christmas. No matter what, it is still an massive improvement which is the most important in football. Keep improving and never be satisfied with current glory.

The 5-1 score saw Stevie G getting 2 goals, Sami Hyypia, Ryan Babel and Alonso with a penalty at the end. Rotated by Benitez, Lucas, Babel came into the team. Alonso, Riera and Keane were all left on the bench. It was no surprise to see Rafa rotated due to the fact that it was their 2nd game in 4 days.

With swift passing by the away side, it was inevitable chances were created. Without Shay Given, Newcastle would have needed a hole to hide. Given made some fantastic saves throughout the game, did everything he could as a goalkeeper. Unfortunately for the home side, defence and midifield failed to hold on to Liverpool's waves and waves of attacks.

Stevie G just love scoring against Newcastle, don't he? These 2 goals just increased his tally against them and several assists in the bag too. Sami Hyypia also joined in the fun by heading brilliantly from the Captain's corner.

Ryan Babel, who has been disappointing this season, also added the third goal. Disgusting goal and his celebration was as if he scored a Champions League final winner. Oh well, credits to him, he was there at the right there, and reacted the quickest to tap the ball in.

Xabi Alonso came in and scored the last goal from the penalty spot. This just sumed of both teams' day and the year. A emphatic win indeed and it's definitely nice to see the team creating chances and converting them. We have to keep it going, concentrate on our matches. As long as we win, we need not care what or how other teams perform.

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